1:30 p.m. the Senate Health, Education and Social Services committee considers SB 228, which would fund public school construction and maintenance. The committee will also consider SB 224, which would alter the confidentiality restraints on youth hearings. Room 205.

3 p.m. the Senate Resources Committee considers SB 266, which would remove an exemption that allows large ships to use a toxic bottom paint. Room 205.

9 a.m. the House Finance Committee holds a statewide teleconference hearing on the 2001 operating budget. Room 519. Different areas of the state will be invited to speak over the course of the day, with Fairbanks from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., rural legislative offices from 11 to 1, Anchorage from 2 to 4, and Juneau from 4 to 6.

ACTION ON LEGISLATION LAST WEEK

SB 176, which allows for physical fitness facilities to cater only to women or men, passed the Senate 17-3. It now moves on to the House.

SB 186, which allows for an expansion of an Alaska college savings fund, passed the House on a 35-0 vote. The bill is awaiting transmittal to the governor.

SB 268, which would place a mandatory 99-year prison term on those convicted of first degree murder during a robbery, was moved from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate Finance Committee.

House Concurrent Resolution 9, which would make the second week of September ``Take a Young Person Hunting Week,'' was approved on reconsideration by the Senate on a 15-0 vote.''